We studied changes in the blood cytokine profile of rats 3 h, 1 day, and 8 days after acute stress on the model of 24-h immobilization followed by LPS administration (100 μg/kg intraperitoneally). The concentration of proinflammatory cytokines (particularly of IL-1β and TNFα) significantly decreased at the early stage after stress exposure and physiological saline injection, but increased in the follow-up period and practically did not differ or even surpassed the control level by the end of observations. Under these conditions, the blood content of anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 increased most significantly on day 1 of the post-stress period. Restraint stress followed by LPS administration was accompanied by a decrease in the level of proinflammatory cytokines at the early (IFNγ and TNFα) and late stages (IL-1β) of the experiment. Directed modulation of the immune status in animals after acute stress was followed by a significant increase in the content of IL-10 on days 1 and 8, as well as by a tendency toward elevation of IL-4 concentration by the end of the study. The directionality and degree of changes in the cytokine profile of mammalian tissues depend on the type of extreme exposure, duration of the post-stress period, and specific effects of exogenous pathogenic factors in the whole body.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 168, No. 12, pp. 668-673, December, 2019
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Abramova, A.Y., Pertsov, S.S., Alekseeva, I.V. et al. Blood Cytokine Concentration in Rats during Antigenic Treatment after a Single Long-Term Stress Exposure. Bull Exp Biol Med 168, 713–717 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-020-04786-w
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